Published By: pmnews
23rd February, 2017
Brazilian Foreign Minister Jose Serra has tendered his resignation for health reasons, according to media reports.
In a letter to President Michel Temer cited by news channel Globo, Serra said he needs at least four months of rest.
Serra, 74, recently underwent spinal surgery.
Serra, of the centre-right Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, became foreign minister last year when Temer took the helm after the ouster from the presidency of Dilma Rousseff.
The Sao Paulo native is a former senator and governor of Sao Paulo state and has run for president twice.
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